Species Ropalidia mackayensis Richards, 1978
- Ropalidia (Icariola) mackayensis Richards, O.W. 1978. The Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 61: 1-132 [105].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, 35 miles SE of Ayr, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Social, nests of 'paper'.
General References
Carpenter, J.M. & Brown, G.R. 2022. Catalogue of the Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zootaxa 5214(4): 451–495
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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20-Jul-2023 | VESPIDAE | 19-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |